Teens are waiting longer to have sex than they did in the past. Some 13% of females and 15% of males aged 15-19 in 2002 had had sex before age 15, compared with 19% and 21%, respectively, in 1995.






Topic: Smoking

(Since these results are pulled from all sites, you may see some duplicate stories).

  • Your Family Doctor May Be The Key To Quitting Smoking, As Shown By New Research Review
    posted on 11/27/07 by
    Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) are defining the most effective ways to treat tobacco dependence, and in an article released in the November issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) they highlight the surprisingly significant role that the health practitioner can play in helping people quit smoking. Many people's attempts to quit are unsuccessful, so effective interventions are critical for the 4.5 million smokers in Canada alone. [click link for f

  • Attention And Working Memory In Recovering Alcoholics May Be Enhanced By Nicotine
    posted on 11/27/07 by
    * Alcoholics in early recovery tend to have impaired cognitive functioning. * Nicotine is known to have beneficial effects under certain circumstances. * New findings show that nicotine patches may enhance cognitive functioning among newly recovering alcoholics with a history of smoking. Detoxified alcoholics in the early stages of recovery tend to have impaired cognitive functioning. [click link for full article]

  • Vietnam: 30,000-40,000 Die From Smoking Annually
    posted on 11/27/07 by
    According to new reports, thirty to forty thousand people die of smoking related disease each year in Vietnam. Some 56 percent of local men aged 15 upwards are cigarette smokers, the Vietnam Tobacco Control Program reported. In recent years, smokers in Vietnam have spent over 8.2 trillion Vietnamese dong (512.5 million U.S. dollars) on smoking, said the programmes secretary, Phan Thi Hai. [click link for full article]

  • Ex Smoker: "Look At What Has Happened To Me And Tell Me Smoking Is Worth It"
    posted on 11/27/07 by
    Isaac keery, 62, who had a lung removed after being told he had just a year left to live is urging smokers to think twice about lighting up. Mr Keery, was diagnosed with cancer last April and told he could expect to live just 12 months if he didn't have his left lung taken out. [click link for full article]

  • MRIs Show Evidence Of Lung Damage From Secondhand Smoke
    posted on 11/27/07 by
    It's not a smoking gun, but it's smoking-related, and it's there in black-and-white images: evidence of microscopic structural damage deep in the lungs, caused by secondhand cigarette smoke. For the first time, researchers have identified lung injury to nonsmokers that was long suspected, but not previously detectable with medical imaging tools. The researchers suggest that their findings may strengthen public health efforts to restrict secondhand smoke. [click link for full article]

  • Bone-Thinning And Depression Linked In Premenopausal Women
    posted on 11/27/07 by
    Premenopausal women with even mild depression have less bone mass than do their nondepressed peers, a study funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), shows. The level of bone loss is at least as high as that associated with recognized risk factors for osteoporosis, including smoking, low calcium intake, and lack of physical activity. [click link for full article]

  • Smoking And Depression Often Occur Together In New Mothers
    posted on 11/27/07 by
    Smoking and depression often go hand-in-hand for new mothers, according to a new study by Dr Robert Whitaker, a pediatrician and profressor of public health at Temple University. He said, "While smoking and depression adversely affects a mother's health, the combination may also affect the health of her child. [click link for full article]

  • BJOG Release: Smoking Obscures Tests For Down Syndrome, UK
    posted on 11/26/07 by
    New research published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology shows that women smoking during the first stage of pregnancy affects the levels of chemicals in the blood that are used for Down syndrome screening, and this could lead to misleading results. Researchers from Saudi Arabia carried out tests on 2, 337 fit and healthy first-time mothers in the first trimester of pregnancy, from 2001 - 04. [click link for full article]

  • South Africa: Drive To Stub Out Smoking Among The Youth
    posted on 11/26/07 by
    A new study has found that two approaches to reduce teenage smoking rates and prevent others from starting appear twice as effective as the government's curriculum for teaching life skills.Research by the Medical Research Council (MRC) is being studied by the education department with the view to improving tobacco prevention programmes in schools, as most smokers start when they are teenagers. [click link for full article]

  • Smoking Moms Risk Daughters' Fertility
    posted on 11/26/07 by
    Title: Smoking Moms Risk Daughters' FertilityCategory: Health NewsCreated: 11/26/2007Last Editorial Review: 11/26/2007

  • Smoking And Depression Often Occur Together In New Mothers
    posted on 11/24/07 by
    Smoking and depression often go hand-in-hand for new mothers, according to a new study. For children, the potential consequences of maternal smoking include sudden infant death, asthma, ear infections and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, while the potential consequences of maternal depression include behavior problems, language delay and childhood depression.

  • Heart Attacks Down Following Countywide Smoking Ban
    posted on 11/23/07 by
    Heart attacks among non smokers in Monroe County, Indiana, US, fell by more than two thirds following a smoking ban in the county.These are the findings of a study published in the present issue of the Journal of Drug Education by researchers at Indiana University (IU), based in the state capital, Bloomington. [click link for full article]

  • Smoking Before And After Pregnancy Harms Daughters' Fertility
    posted on 11/22/07 by
    Researchers have identified the chemical pathway by which a mother's smoking before and after pregnancy might reduce her daughter's fertility by as much as two-thirds. Cigarette smoking during pregnancy has been shown in studies to affect the fertility of a woman's offspring, but this is the first study to offer an explanation of the biology behind the effect, the scientists claim. [click link for full article]

  • FDA Issues Early Communication For Chantix
    posted on 11/22/07 by
    Background: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Early Communication about an Ongoing Safety Review of Chantix, a drug approved as an aid to smoking cessation treatment. An Early Communication reflects FDA's current analysis of available data concerning these drugs and does not mean that FDA has concluded that there is a causal relationship between the drug and the emerging safety issue. [click link for full article]

  • Combination Of Cigarette Smoke And Alcohol Increases Damage To Heart
    posted on 11/22/07 by
    Tobacco smoke-filled air is bad for cardiovascular health, and drinking alcohol at the same time only makes it worse, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).Testing the theory that moderate alcohol consumption provides some heart-protection benefits, the UAB team said it wanted to take the idea further and look at the effects of smoking and breathing second-hand smoke along with drinking. [click link for full article]

  • Cold Laser Stop Smoking And Weight Loss Education Available
    posted on 11/22/07 by
    A medical training seminar was held in Las Vegas, where Eileen O'Connor from KickButtsUSA an expert experienced in using cold lasers to help people quit smoking and lose weight, demonstrated to medical doctors exactly how she uses cold lasers as part of a program to help patients stop smoking. The seminar included a live cold laser treatment for a patient who wished to stop smoking, so that the doctors in attendance could observe the treatment process and protocol involved. [click link for full

  • Suicidal Thoughts Could Be Linked To Chantix Says FDA
    posted on 11/22/07 by
    The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued what the agency terms an "early communication" about a potential, but yet to be confirmed, safety issue with Pfizer's smoking cessation drug Chantix, where a number of postmarketing cases have reported patients on Chantix experiencing suicidal thoughts and related erratic behaviour. [click link for full article]

  • Cigarette Smoke And Alcohol Damage Hearts Worse As Combo
    posted on 11/22/07 by
    Tobacco smoke filled air is bad for cardiovascular health, and drinking alcohol at the same time only makes it worse, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Testing the theory that moderate alcohol consumption provides some heart-protection benefits, the UAB team said it wanted to take the idea further and look at the effects of smoking and breathing second-hand smoke along with drinking. [click link for full article]

  • Smoking May Affect Fertility Of Female Offspring
    posted on 11/22/07 by
    Smoking during pregnancy has many adverse effects on fetal development. A new study in mice by Andrea Jurisicova and colleagues at the University of Toronto, Canada, now adds the possibility that smoking before pregnancy or while breast-feeding might substantially decrease the fertility of female offspring to the long list of possible negative outcomes. [click link for full article]

  • Canada: Nova Scotia Town Votes Unanimously To Ban Smoking In Cars Carrying Children
    posted on 11/21/07 by
    The Canadian Cancer Society has applauded a small town in Nova Scotia which dismissed criticism that banning smoking in cars carrying children is too intrusive and instead cited the evolution of anti-smoking laws across the country. The town council of Wolfville voted in favour of the bylaw, the first of its kind in Canada. [click link for full article]

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